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Organization <br />Description <br />The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation's (PSF) mission is <br />to support public education in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br />(CHCCS) through programs that adv ance student enrichment and <br />teacher dev elopment. Our v ision: All students in our schools receiv e <br />and excellent and equitable education from the highest quality <br />educators. Our Core Values/Beliefs: Ev ery child deserv es the best <br />possible education; excellent educators ignite learning; and high <br />quality public education is essential to academic success and a <br />v ibrant community. W hat we do: Create awareness of the v alue and <br />importance of quality public education; award grants for promising <br />innov ativ e educational practices; prov ide students with additional <br />academic support and growth opportunities critical to academic <br />success; offer educators and staff financial assistance for <br />professional dev elopment; partner with the community and raise <br />financial support from indiv iduals, foundations, and businesses; and <br />manage funds responsibly with the highest degree of ethical <br />standards. Our Board consists of 21 members, 40% of whom are <br />people of color. PSF's staff consists of 1 full-time employee and 5 <br />part-time employees. There are about 12,000 students in the CHCCS <br />District across 20 schools. PSF's Board believ es that the Arts are a <br />v ital part of ev ery child's education, and to that end, supports <br />numerous arts projects ev ery year through grant funding to <br />teachers, students, and staff. <br />Has your <br />organization <br />undergone any <br />Diversity, Equity, and <br />Inclusion (DEI) <br />training? If so, <br />please explain. If not, <br />please explain any <br />barriers that have <br />prevented you from <br />receiving this <br />training. <br />Members of the PSF staff regularly undergo DEI training. Nancy <br />Zeman, who will ov ersee the grant for this project, has undergone <br />Groundwater, Phase 1 and Phase 2 training with the Racial Equity <br />Institute (REI), trainings “designed to help leaders and organizations <br />who want to proactiv ely understand and address racism, both in their <br />organization and in the community where the organization is <br />working”. Further, she and her colleagues participate regularly in <br />CHCCS sessions coordinated by the school district’s Department of <br />Equity and Inclusion. W e at PSF believ e (as REI states) that racism is <br />a fierce, ev er-present, challenging force, one which has structured <br />the thinking, behav ior, and actions of indiv iduals and institutions <br />since the beginning of U.S. history. To understand racism and <br />effectiv ely begin dismantling it requires an equally fierce, consistent, <br />and committed ongoing effort, and we at PSF continually seek to <br />educate ourselv es on ways to fight racism. <br />During FY22-23, will <br />your organization <br />receive operational <br />support funding from <br />the North Carolina <br />Arts Council or the <br />North Carolina <br />Department of <br />Natural and Cultural <br />Resources? <br />No <br />Organization's EIN 561421977.0 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: D2F5FFB3-C1A8-4347-B58C-8B3894E886F2